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Ever since she was born at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo in July 2024, Moo Deng, the pygmy hippopotamus, has captured public imagination, with visitors to her home quadrupling since her birth. She has also raised the profile of her species, the lesser-known—and more endangered—sheep-sized cousin of the common hippo. But Moo Deng was not […]
Who is Moo Deng, you ask? Only the internet’s cutest baby hippo! And where is Moo Deng from? According to Wikipedia, Moo Deng is a baby pygmy hippopotamus born on July 10, 2024, at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand. Her name, meaning “bouncy pork” in Thai, was selected through a public poll. Moo […]
LONDON (AP) — The Edinburgh Zoo launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the adorable mini hippopotamus that became a viral sensation at a Thailand zoo this summer. “Moo Deng? Who deng?” the Scottish zoo playfully posted Monday on the social media platform X as it introduced its infant […]
A huge milestone in Suzuki’s 115-year-history just occurred: the Japanese automaker revealed its first electric production car. Called the E Vitara (stylized as e Vitara, but that looks annoying) it’s a small crossover that will be built in India and sold there as well as in Japan and Europe. Based on the eVX concept from […]
In de Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Si Racha, waar de tropische hitte als een zware deken over de bezoekers hangt, staat een menigte in de rij voor een glimp van een beroemdheid die zo onwaarschijnlijk is dat het bijna komisch aandoet. Haar naam is Moo Deng, wat ‘stuiterend varkensvlees’ betekent in het Thais. Een […]
Moo Deng Thailand’s most famous pygmy hippo took social media by storm last month, inspiring countless memes and even a Saturday Night Live skit. Create your own hippo costume, or – for the less creative among us – buy a hippo onesie, and your transformation into Moo Deng will be complete. Next, throw a few […]
She’s sassy. She’s waterlogged. She’s perpetually blurry. She’s an internet SENSATION and we adore her. Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo in Thailand, has taken the world by storm, and she could not be less impressed. We’ve been inspired by her unbothered yet chaotic energy, and hope you have too. Check out these very hip […]